PUBLIC NOTICE

To the Residents of Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida and Interested Citizens:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is conducting an Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for the construction of an Airport Operations Facility at the Vero Beach Airport.

On September 5, 2004, Hurricane Frances came ashore near the City of Vero Beach (City) on the 
central east coast of Florida as a Category 2 hurricane. The storm brought heavy rains, and strong 
winds. Hangar 6 (located at 2570 Airport North Drive), Hangar 7 (located 2560 Airport North Drive) 
and Hangar 8 (located at 2550 Airport Drive) were all damaged beyond repair by high winds and wind-
driven rain. Due to the severity of the damage to the hangars, the City has decided not to rebuild the 
three hangars, but instead has demolished them and is proposing to build a new Airport Operations 
Facility on a different location within the Airport property. The proposed building would be 
approximately 150 feet long by 80 feet wide and located in the southern portion of the Airport 
property. The building would be built to comply with all applicable Federal, state, and local codes, 
standards, ordinances and regulations.
The EA is currently in draft form and is available for your review. The Draft EA addresses a number of 
topics including the feasible alternatives under consideration and environmental impacts of the 
Proposed Action and alternatives. The Draft EA indicates that there are no significant adverse 
impacts from the Proposed Action. The public is being invited to comment on the project. If no 
substantive comments are received following agency and public review, the Draft EA will be 
considered the Final EA and no additional information will be incorporated.

It is important that we receive your input on the Draft EA to assure that we have addressed the 
specific issues and concerns that the residents of Vero Beach and Indian River County and the State 
of Florida believe are important. An information repository has been set up at the following location 
for you to review the Draft EA:

Vero Beach Main Library
1600 21st Street
Vero Beach, FL 32960


In addition http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/envdocuments/index.shtm is the internet location where 
the document may be viewed online.

You can provide us with comments on the EA by mailing, faxing, or emailing your comments to the 
following addresses:



Federal Emergency Management Agency
Florida Long Term Recovery Office
FEMA Long-Term Recovery Office
36 Skyline Drive
Lake Mary, Florida 32746
Attention: Mr. Richard Myers
Environmental Liaison Officer
PHONE: 832-851-0122
E-mail: Richard.myers@dhs.gov

Eric Menger
Airport Director
City of Vero Beach, Florida
Phone: 772-978
Fax: 772-567-3459
E-mail: emenger@covb.org







We will need to receive your comments by Tuesday, November 28, 2006. We look forward to 
your input.